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State Public Defender Rémy Starns holds a monthly virtual gathering with the lawyers in charge of Louisiana’s 42 public defender offices. “Coffee with Rémy,” as he calls these meetings, has become ...

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Ever since the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban this month, pro-choice advocates have rushed to reverse it. They’ve pushed the GOP-run legislature to repeal the law, to no avail ...

This article was produced as a collaboration between Block Club Chicago, a nonprofit newsroom focused on Chicago’s neighborhoods, and Bolts, a nonprofit publication that covers criminal justice and ...